Norman Cousins

Norman Cousins

"From humble beginnings, Norman Cousins, the editor of The Saturday Review, used this platform to establish two careers and launch far-reaching humanitarian and citizen diplomat initiatives.

"He wrote Modern Man Is Obsolete, which was read by forty million people, and enabled him to negotiate with Soviet Chairman Khrushchev the nuclear test ban treaty for President Kennedy. For President Nixon he negotiated in Africa. For Pope John XXIII he negotiated in Europe. He was an outstanding citizen diplomat and confidant of world leaders.

"He recognized the need and brought aid to Africa. He obtained treatment for the Hiroshima Maidens and arranged surgery for Polish victims of the Nazis.

"His recipe for good health and good humor, his unconventional approach to disease, and his research into the mind-body relationship at UCLA Medical School earned him the only MD degree ever awarded to a layman at Yale University." Interview


 * Former President, World Federalist Association
 * Former Chair, Committee for Sane Nuclear Policy
 * Cofounder, Americans United for World Government
 * Former Trustee, Samuel H. Kress Foundation

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